September 9, 2007
Eight Suspected Neo-Nazis Arrested in Israel
If they’re so strong in their convictions, why are they hiding their faces?
From AFP:
JERUSALEM - Israeli police announced on Sunday the arrest of a gang of alleged neo-Nazis, all immigrants from the former Soviet Union, accused of waging attacks on foreigners and religious Jews, in a case that has deeply shocked the Jewish state.The eight men, aged 16 to 21 and including the suspected leader of the group, were arrested after a year-long investigation, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.
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The youths are suspected of carrying out “attacks on religious Jews, Asians and foreigners” and having contacts with neo-Nazi groups abroad, Rosenfeld said.
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The arrests deeply shocked the Jewish state, where memory of the World War II Holocaust in which six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis runs deep.
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Some members of parliament called for amendments to Israel’s Law of Return under which the youths immigrated, while Trade and Industry Minister Eli Yishai said convicted neo-Nazis should be stripped of their citizenship and deported.
“We have to rid ourselves of this Satan who lives in the heart of Israel,” he told public radio.
Filed under: Hate Crimes, Israel-Palestine
